ON SATURDAY, THE TRIBUNE REVIEW RELEASED A POLL SHOWING A VERY TIGHT RACE IN THE CRITZ-ROTHFUS RACE! THE POLLSTERS WHO DID THIS POLL ARE THE SAME POLLSTERS WHO DID A POLL ON THE OBAMA RACE FOR THE PAGOP SHOWING OBAMA ONLY UP 2 WHILE THE REST OF THE WORLD SHOWED OBAMA NEAR OR OVER A DOUBLE DIGIT LEAD IN PA! WHY WOULD ANY POLIITCIAN OR POLITICAL COMMITTEE WANT A POLL THAT IS SO DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHERS?-IT IS CALLED KEEPING ENTHUSIAM UP AND POLLS CAN ALSO BE USEFUL IN FUND-RAISING. SO HOW IS THE POLLSTER WHO DID THIS PA 12TH POLL CONNECTED TO THE ROTHFUS CAMPAIGN? OUR HARRISBURG SOURCES TELL US MR. LEE GENERALLY DOES POLLING FOR THE PA STATE SENATORIAL COMMITTEE. ROTHFUS’S PRINCIPAL CONSULTANTS CONTINUE TO HAVE INCREDIBLY STRONG TIES TO THAT COMMITTEE. WE ARE NOT ALLEGING THAT THE TRIBUNE REVIEW POLL WAS AN MTO POLL OR THAT ROTHFUS’S HARRISBURG CONSULTANTS MAY HAVE INFLUENCED THIS POLLSTER, WHO HAS BEEN PAID THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS BY THESE SAME CONSULTANTS IN THEIR VARIOUS ROLES. WE JUST THINK THE COZY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TRIBUNE REVIEW’S POLLSTER AND THE ROTHFUS CAMPAIGN MIGHT HAVE BEEN DISCLOSED. WE CITIZEN JOURNALISTS KNOW LITTLE ABOUT THE SCIENCE OF POLLING AND WE DON’T HAVE FUNDING TO COMMISSION A POLL OF OUR OWN FOR THE WESTERN PA MIDDLE CLASS! WE CITIZEN JOURNALISTS ALWAYS RELIGIOUSLY BELIEVE POLITCAL OPERATIVES FROM HARRISBURG AND THE BELTWAY AND AS YOU CAN LEARN IN THIS EMBEDDED VIDEO WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT HOLLYWOOD GIRLS WOULD NEVER HAVE IMPLANTS OF ANY BODY PART! FINALLY, OUR ENTHUSIASM FOR SAVING THE WESTERN PA MIDDLE CLASS REMAINS SKY HIGH!